Senators @ Tigers
May 20, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Senators 1 5 2
Tigers 7 9 1
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Senators 1 5 2
Tigers 7 9 1

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .218
OBP .250 .344
At Bats 4 78
Hits 1 17
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 9

Bob Chakales Season Stats

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3 1 1
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Briggs Stadium - May 20, 1956
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Bob Chakales
Lou Berberet
Roy Sievers
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Jerry Snyder
Carlos Paula
Whitey Herzog
Jim Lemon
Earl Torgeson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Torgeson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Buddy Hicks pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. There goes Hicks. The throw from Berberet and he is out, Snyder applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Kuenn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Paula is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Runnels hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Plews is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Chakales, and towards Runnels, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sievers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 House takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bob Chakales now pitching. Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Eddie Yost pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Yost strikes out.
Top 7 Berberet strikes out.
Top 7 Herzog hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Ramos covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Sievers, and towards Runnels, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out.
Bottom 5 Pedro Ramos now pitching. House hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berberet settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Plews hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Tex Clevenger. Killebrew hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berberet is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. Paula moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Top 4 Sievers takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Paula hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. Paula reaches second base with a double. Snyder goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Runnels hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Steve Gromek now pitching. Snyder hits a popup beyond short. Kuenn can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jim Small pinch runs for Virgil Trucks. Clevenger spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Clevenger. Maxwell moves to third. Small moves to second.
Bottom 3 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Plews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brideweser is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Clint Courtney pinch hits for Connie Grob. Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Herzog moves to third.
Top 3 Berberet takes first base on ball four. Herzog moves to second.
Top 3 Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 House hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berberet settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder misplays the ball. That's an error on Snyder. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 2 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Connie Grob now pitching. Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lemon hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Trucks hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brideweser takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kennedy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Snyder hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Plews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.